EditFormType

[Nick]

Hi there,

From what i understand, the EditFormType property affects inserts AND updates.  Is it possible to use different methods for each approach?

For example...
 
I have a grid that displays a list of products.  I want to use a custom usercontrol for the insert so that users may "search" for a product before inserting a new one.  For updates however, i just want to use the auto-generated "update" row.

Is this possible?

[Princy]

Hello Nick,

You can try out the following code to display a UserControlForm for InsertMode of the grid and the auto-generated form for EditMode.
cs:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
     if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.InitInsertCommandName)
      {
           e.Canceled = true;
           RadGrid1.EditIndexes.Clear();
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.EditFormType = GridEditFormType.WebUserControl;
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.UserControlName = "WebUserControl.ascx";
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.InsertItem();
      }
     else if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.EditCommandName)
       {
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted = false;
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.EditFormType = GridEditFormType.AutoGenerated;

       }
   }

Thanks
Princy.

[Nick]

Thanks Princy, this achieves the desired behaviour, however i can now no longer add and edit at the same time. As soon as i click "Edit", the add usercontrol disappears and vice versa.

I figured as an alternative, that i might instead be able to set the EditFormType to WebUserControl and just pass a value of "Edit" or "Add" to the usercontrol to get it to display in two seperate modes.

I tried this with the following code, however the first line (where i attempt to retrieve the usercontrol) always returns null.  Any ideas?

 

protected void RadGrid_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
    MyUserControl userControl = (MyUserControl)e.Item.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID);

    switch (e.CommandName)
    {
        case RadGrid.InitInsertCommandName:
            myUserControl.Mode = ModeEnum.Add;
            break;

            case RadGrid.EditCommandName:
            myUserControl.Mode = ModeEnum.Edit;
            break;
    }
}

 

[Princy]

Hi,

Try accessing the UserControl in the ItemDataBound event and set the mode to add or edit .Try altering the code below:

CS:

   protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {


        if ((e.Item.ItemType == Telerik.WebControls.GridItemType.EditFormItem) && (e.Item.IsInEditMode))
        {

            MyUserControl userControl = (MyUserControl)e.Item.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID);


            myUserControl.Mode = ModeEnum.Edit;
        }


        if (e.Item is GridEditFormInsertItem)
        {

            MyUserControl userControl = (MyUserControl)e.Item.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID);


            myUserControl.Mode = ModeEnum.Add;
        }

    }

Thanks,
Princy